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Cheap rights offer from EIH may reheat takeover battle
12 Feb 2011
The battle between Reliance Industries and ITC for East India Hotels (EIH) Ltd, India’s second-biggest premium hotel chain, seems to be intensifying
PetroChina to acquire 50-% stake in gas assets of Canada's Encana for $5.46 billion
11 Feb 2011
The world's second-most valuable oil and gas company, yesterday said that it would acquire a 50-per cent stake in Canada’s biggest natural gas producer Encana
LSE, TSX merger to create world’s largest bourse
10 Feb 2011
The combined entity will have a total listing of over 6,700 companies with an aggregate market capitalisation of approximately £3.7 trillion
JSW Energy in race for Australia’s Hancock Coal
09 Feb 2011
Cairn-Vedanta deal may collapse over ONGC concerns
09 Feb 2011
Petroleum minister Jaipal Reddy has ramped up the pressure on Cairn Energy, saying he would not approve the sale of a controlling stake in its Indian unit to Vedanta Resources unless the concerns of its local partner ONGC were addressed
Banco Santander bids $5.8 billion for Poland's BZ WBK
08 Feb 2011
The tender offer is part of the agreement between Banco Santander and Allied Irish Banks for the acquisition of AIB's stake in BZ WBK
ArcelorMittal-Nunavut stake in Baffinland reaches 90 per cent
08 Feb 2011
On completion of the deal, Luxemburg-based ArcelorMittal will own 70 per cent of Baffinland and Nunavut will own the remaining 30 per cent
Chevron to sell Spanish fuel business to Cepsa
05 Feb 2011
Newmont acquires Fronteer Gold for $2.3-bn
05 Feb 2011
Nippon Steel, Sumitomo Metal to merge
04 Feb 2011
The merger would form world's No 2 steelmaker with a combined capacity of 37.5 million tonnes and revenues of over $58.54 billion
Chevron bid for Atlas Energy meets RIL roadblock
04 Feb 2011
Reliance has hired financial and legal advisors to discuss concerns about the proposed $3.2-billion acquisition of Atlas by oil giant Chevron
Russia’s Stock Exchanges Micex and RTS to merge
02 Feb 2011
In a deal valued at around $4.6 billion, Micex yesterday signed a non-binding merger agreement with RTS to acquire a 35-per cent stake
Greencore gets more time for Northern bid
01 Feb 2011
RPG Group, Aditya Birla in bid to buy Evonik
31 Jan 2011
Birla Carbon to acquire Columbian Chemicals
31 Jan 2011
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